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* ►October 9, 2008 -
Girls suffer
side effects of immunisation shot - Fiji Times - "The headteacher
of Tacirua Primary School, Josateki Silatolu, confirmed a Class Three
pupil and two Class Four girls aged between 9 and 12 had experienced
the expected side effects. 'They all felt weak,' Mr Silatolu said. 'One
of the girls said she felt like vomitting and one almost fainted. They
were later taken to the Children's Ward at CWM and treated by the
doctor."

* ►October 9, 2008 -
S
Africa quarantines 100 over mystery virus - Health authorities in
South Africa are on high alert, quarantining more than 100 people who
are suspected of coming into contact with a mysterious virus that has
killed at least three people in Johannesburg. - www.abc.net.au

* ►October 9, 2008 -
Measles
not worth the risk - Prevention from diseases outweighs MMR side
effects - guest column (requires registration) - Atlanta
Journal-Constitution - "In the scientific community, the controversy
over whether the MMR vaccine causes autism essentially ended by 2001.
Much to their credit, local and state public health officials have
consistently been editorializing in local newspapers throughout the
country about the safety of vaccines and their importance for child
health. But despite the evidence, federal public health officials have
remained almost completely silent on this issue."

* ►October 9, 2008 -
Vaccine
law change - Arkansas Times - "A change in state law to allow pet
owners to vaccinate their dogs and cats against rabies every three
years instead of one may be part of the state Health Department's
legislative package next year."

* ►October 9, 2008 -
Vaccine
can protect against bird flu in seven days - A new vaccine could
offer protection against bird flu in just one week, instead of the
usual six. - The Telegraph, UK - "The 'primer' jab can be given up to
eight years before an outbreak and needs only a 'booster' injection to
innoculate fully....The second vaccine contains the bird flu strain
H5N1, while the first uses a strain known as H5N3."

►October 9, 2008 -
Alarming
rise in polio cases a cause for concern - GulfNews - "Dr H.B.
Memon, National Manager for Pakistan's Expanded Programme on
Immunisation (EPI), has pointed out that one of the causes is polio
drops are not absorbed if they are given when the child is suffering
from diarrhea. Allegations have also surfaced in the media regarding
the use of sub-standard vaccines."

* ►October 8, 2008 -
$8.5
million polio case judgment upheld - AP via St. Louis Post-Dispatch
- "A Missouri appeals court Tuesday upheld an $8.5 million judgment for
a St. Louis man who contracted polio after receiving an oral vaccine as
a child. A three-judge panel of the Court of Appeals' Eastern District
also ruled that the vaccine's manufacturer owed about $2.8 million for
prejudgment interest on top of the award because it refused to accept a
pretrial settlement offer that was less than the amount awarded by a
jury. Cortez Strong contracted polio in June 1987, shortly after
receiving a second dose of the vaccine Orimune, which was made by
American Cyanamid Co."

* ►October 8, 2008 -
Court Upholds
$8.5 Million Polio Judgment - Missouri Man Contracted Polio After
Taking Vaccine - KMBC Kansas City - "American Cyanamid was purchased in
1994 and is now part of New Jersey-based Wyeth. The vaccine given to
Strong was discontinued in 2000. A spokesman for Wyeth said Tuesday the
company is studying its next step. 'We are considering our appellate
options and recourse for further review,' spokesman Doug Petkus said.
'We still believe the case was wrongly decided.'"

* ►October 8, 2008 -
New
Evidence Highlights Dangers of Mercury Toxicity in Fish - press
release - Island Press via PRNewswire - "Dr. Jane Hightower -- widely
acknowledged as the first US physician to recognize low-level mercury
poisoning in patients who regularly consume certain types of fish --
today released new evidence showing that the FDA has failed to inform
and protect the public from the risks of mercury poisoning due to
consumption of certain types of seafood. Dr. Hightower has released a
new book, Diagnosis: Mercury: Money,
Politics, and Poison, which is widely available in stores
starting October 7, 2008."

* ►October 8, 2008 -
Be
wary of vaccination - letter - The Jersey Journal via NJ.com -
"Would you let your readers know about the Vaccination Choice Rally
that is being held in Trenton this Oct. 16?...The annual flu shot is
required for children as young as 6 months of age. We are the first
place in the world to mandate the flu shot to children. There are
insufficient supplies of mercury-free shots, so many children are
forced to be vaccinated with 25 mcg of mercury. When added with the
multidose meningococcal vaccine and Sanofi Pasteur's tetanus shot, the
total contains 25,000 times more mercury than the EPA will allow in our
drinking water! The rally will be held Thursday, Oct. 16, noon to 2
p.m., outside Gov. Jon Corzine's office at the New Jersey Statehouse
125 W. State St., Trenton."

* ►October 8, 2008 -
Vaccination
program needs cash - Northern News Services - "The Government of
the Northwest Territories will need more cash if it is to fund a
vaccination program against a virus that causes cervical cancer in
women....'In order for us to implement it we have to spend more than
what the federal government is giving us,' said Gregory Cummings,
deputy minister for the Department of Health and Social Services. He
added the GNWT will not proceed with the program until it can sustain
it long term."

* ►October 8, 2008 -
Call
to restore axed vax incentives - Child vaccination rates may go
back to those of the ‘dark ages’ following the axing of incentive
payments this month, a GP immunisation experts says. - 6minutes.com.au

►October 8, 2008 -
CDC
gives School of Public Health $8.2 million - Minnesota Daily - "The
project, “University of Minnesota: Simulations and Exercises for
Educational Effectiveness” will identify ideal preparedness training
and translate research results into improvements in public health
preparedness systems."

* ►October 8, 2008 -
Two
firms win NIAID support for Ebola-Marburg vaccines - CIDRAP News -
"The AdVac technology is also designed to avoid problems with
preexisting immunity to the most commonly used recombinant vaccine
vector, adenovirus serotype 5, according to the company. Instead, the
new technology is based on adenoviruses that don't regularly occur in
humans, such as Ad35, which may enable the vaccine to provoke a more
robust immune response."

* ►October 8, 2008 -
2m
women targeted in tetanus war - Daily Nation - "Women aged between
15 and 49 years are expected to get the jabs during the Sh45 million
campaign."

►October 8, 2008 -
Pneumonia
vaccine safe, says WHO - The Statesman - "The report by the WHO
comes in the wake of media reports expressing concerns about the risks
and benefits of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines. According to the WHO,
the concern in the media was due to incorrect interpretations of a
discussion about ‘clinical pneumonia’ versus X-ray confirmed pneumonia."

* ►October 8, 2008 -
Double
Flu Jab Needed Against Bird Flu Pandemic - An international study
led by University of Leicester researchers has determined that
vaccination will be the best way to protect people in the event of the
next influenza pandemic – but that each person would need two doses. -
University of Leicester, via EurekAlert!, a service of AAAS via
ScienceDaily

* ►October 8, 2008 -
Drive-through
flu shots available on Thursday - Gwinnett Daily Post - "'For
vaccinations, we would do a drive-through if there was an emergency,'
said Vernon Goins, spokesman for the East Metro Health District, 'so
this is a test of our capabilities to dispense vaccinations to a very
large population quickly.' The department will attempt to administer
the vaccine to 1,000 people over the course of three hours."

* ►October 8, 2008 -
She
lost son; now stresses flu shot value - Beckley Register-Herald -
"When Diane McGowen of Nazareth, Pa., gave her son Martin Tylenol
before putting him to bed on Feb. 8, 2005, she never imagined it would
be the last time she would say goodnight to her son."

►October 8, 2008 -
Structure
Of 'Beneficial' Virus That Can Infect Cancer Cells Solved - The 3-D
structure of the virus, known as Seneca Valley Virus-001, reveals that
it is unlike any other known member of the Picornaviridae viral family,
and confirms its recent designation as a separate genus "Senecavirus."
The new study reveals that the virus's outer protein shell looks like a
craggy golf ball — one with uneven divets and raised spikes — and the
RNA strand beneath it is arranged in a round mesh rather like a
whiffleball. - Scripps Research Institute via ScienceDaily

* ►October 8, 2008 - Experts
Conclude Pfizer Manipulated Studies (requires registration) - The
New York Times - "Pfizer issued a statement Tuesday denying that it had
manipulated Neurontin data, saying “study results are reported by
Pfizer in an objective, accurate, balanced and complete manner, with a
discussion of the strengths and limitations of the study, and are
reported regardless of the outcome of the study or the country in which
the study was conducted.” The expert reports, unsealed Monday in a
federal court in Boston, add to accusations that the pharmaceutical
industry has controlled the flow of clinical research data, blurring
the lines between science and marketing."

* ►October 8, 2008 - ADHD drugs cut
risk of drug abuse - Girls who take stimulants to treat attention
deficit hyperactivity disorder are less likely than others with the
condition to start smoking or to abuse alcohol or drugs. -
Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine via
www.stuff.co.nz - "The research
team also included Dr. Joseph Biederman, a Harvard psychiatrist who has
been accused by Iowa Republican US Sen. Charles Grassley of not fully
disclosing payments from drug companies. Biederman in this study
disclosed ties to Novartis, Shire and other companies. The study was
funded by the National Institutes of Health and by the Lilly
Foundation."

* ►October 8, 2008 - Health: WHO Warns
Against 'Bird Flu Fatigue' - So where is the pandemic? This is a
question most often asked of health experts years after they warned
about a pandemic influenza that could infect up to 35 percent of the
world's population. - IPS

►October 8, 2008 -
'Fingerprinting' method tracks mercury emissions from coal -
University of Michigan researchers have developed a new tool that uses
natural "fingerprints" in coal to track down sources of mercury
polluting the environment. The research is published in today's online
issue of the journal
Environmental Science & Technology.
- University of Michigan via PhysOrg.com

►October 8, 2008 -
FDA
Says LabCorp Cancer Test Is Illegal (requires registration) - The
New York Times - "In its new letter, which was sent Sept. 29, the
F.D.A. said the test, called OvaSure, required agency approval before
it could be marketed."

* ►October 8, 2008 -
Latest
update from Rabies Challenge Fund - Good Bloggie! - "November marks
the one year anniversary since the concurrent 5 and 7 year challenge
studies began at the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary
Medicine, and the fund has raised $120,700 of the $209,000 needed to
fund the studies’ 2nd year budget."

►October 8, 2008 -
More
adolescents get HPV vaccine (requires registration for full
article) - Billings Gazette via Therapeutics Daily - "'All my friends
have gotten (the vaccine),' said Tayler Eubank, a sophomore at Central
High, who was inoculated after her sister read about the vaccine in a
magazine."

* ►October 7, 2008 -
HPV
vaccination and the coercion of our 13 year old diabetic daughter -
Tall Skinny Kiwi - "On the day, our 13 year old daughter, who by the
way has Type-1 Diabetes, was taken aside from the other girls and told
by the doctor that she was the only girl in her year who had handed in
a consent form with a cross in the 'No' box. As they started to talk,
and without being asked if she wanted it, the doctor jabbed
her....After the jab, our daughter and 2 friends had immediate side
effects, including a hot and cold flashes and dizziness, but they was
told it was in their minds. Headaches have continued almost daily since
the jab and a few days ago she had a very serious seizure during the
night."

►October 7, 2008 -
Mother
concerned after daughter faints - Saskatchewan News Network;
Canwest News Service via Canada.com - "Laplante said the family doctor
told her daughter she may have had a seizure."

►October 7, 2008 -
Polio:
Not gone, not forgotten - Haven, Rotary Club shocked that
immunization no longer a priority - Nova News Now - "Haven is an active
member of the provincial Polio Support Group. This group, in
partnership with Post-Polio Health International is marking October
12-18 as 'We’re Still Here' week. They want to remind everyone that
that the daily struggle with the disease didn’t end with the discovery
of the Salk vaccine."

* ►October 7, 2008 - Guilty: stem
cell researcher (requires registration) - The Scientist - "A former
member of a high profile stem cell biology research team at the
University of Minnesota has been found guilty of falsifying data, a
university investigatory panel has ruled."

►October 3, 2008 -
Lorne
Tyrrell 'a shining light in U of A's first 100 years' - Honoured
medical scientist says cures for hepatitis B and C are achievable soon,
but the illnesses are overlooked in funding process - Edmonton Journal
via Canada.com - "Tyrrell is the co-founder of ViRexx, a local company
developing hepatitis B and C vaccines, and KMT Hepatech, which uses the
hepatitis C mouse model to evaluate small molecules and vaccines. Both
are U of A spinoffs."

* ►October 8, 2008 -
H5N1
Human Vaccine Developed in Korea -
http://english.donga.com - "Chungnam National University professor
Suh Sang-hee said yesterday that his research team produced a human
vaccine against the highly pathogenic bird flu strain by genetic
recombination of H5N1 viruses transmitted to humans....Suh named the
vaccine 'CNUK-H5N1-08-01' and reported it to the government."

* ►October 8, 2008 -
Environmental
group raises concerns over GM vaccine - Horsetalk, NZ - "'If a wild
water bird is affected by vaccine shed in the water, the devastating
effects could not be contained and we would have a massive biosecurity
problem on our hands. This would put at risk our farmed birds as well
as our already endangered native birds. With the threats from 1080 and
now canary pox what hope do they have?'"

►October 8, 2008 -
Measles
fear in wake of Thai tragedy - The West Australian - "Hundreds of
people in Perth may have been exposed to measles after coming into
contact with a Year 11 Winthrop Baptist College student caught in a
lightning strike in Thailand who has since been found to have the
highly infectious virus."

* ►October 7, 2008 -
Mother
questions HPV vaccine - Daughter faints after receiving shot;
health official says program safe - Saskatoon StarPhoenix via
Canada.com - "Louise Laplante, mother of a 10-year-old Grade 6 student
at St. John School, said her daughter fainted in the hallway about five
minutes after she received the vaccination last Thursday. Her
classmates witnessed her kicking her legs and groaning briefly after
she fainted, Laplante said....Laplante said her family doctor told her
daughter she may have had a seizure. Laplante was concerned she wasn't
told about the incident until the end of the day, when her daughter
informed her of what happened. 'What is the protocol?' she said. 'Why
wouldn't you call a parent if something like this happened? I don't
know what to say, when somebody's kid falls down and starts shaking,
you have to call 911. I didn't get a note, a message, nothing.'"

* ►October 7, 2008 - Wyeth
Can Be Sued For Thimerosal In A Vaccine - Pharmalot - "Wyeth
spokesman Doug Petkus tells the paper the company would appeal the
decision to the US Supreme Court. He adds that other courts have agreed
that federal law supersedes state claims for injuries if the vaccines
are prepared with FDA-approved designs and are accompanied by the
proper warnings."

* ►October 7, 2008 -
Cervarix
HPV Vaccine And The ASO4 Novel Adjuvant System - The One Click
Group - "'Datamonitor sees combinations of immunostimulatory adjuvants
with
efficacious delivery systems as a promising approach, but hurdles to
approval for these combinations will be higher than for
single-component adjuvants. The future regulatory performance of GSK's
AS04 will have a crucial impact on the prospects of such combination
approaches.' See
HERE
The abstract of this study reveals that all eyes are on ASO4's
regulatory performance which `will have a crucial impact on the
prospects of such combination approaches'. In other words – there is a)
uncertainty about its performance and b) a huge vested interest in
seeing it succeed. This information also leaves an uncomfortable
question – is Cervarix a cervical vaccine trial or is it an ASO4 trial?"

►October 7, 2008 -
Eli
Lilly and Company Resolves Investigation Involving Numerous States
- Resolution Seen as Best Option for Company and Patients Who Rely on
Zyprexa - press release - Eli Lilly and Company via
PRNewswire-FirstCall via The Earth Times - "While there is no finding
that Lilly has violated any provision of the state laws under which the
investigations were conducted, the company will pay $62 million to be
divided among the settling states."

* ►October 7, 2008 -
Drug
Companies Say No Cold Meds for Kids Under 4 - Pediatricians had
argued the OTC medicines did more harm than good - HealthDay via U.S.
News & World Report - "Saying they were acting "out of an abundance
of caution," the makers of over-the-counter cough and cold medicines
said Tuesday that the medicines should not be given to children younger
than 4 years old."

* ►October 7, 2008 -
Acetaminophen
warning issued for babies - International Herald Tribune - "After
controlling for numerous factors, including breast-feeding, antibiotic
use and parental smoking, they found that children given acetaminophen
before age 1 had an almost 50 percent increased risk for asthma, eczema
and allergy compared with those given none."

* ►October 7, 2008 -
CDC
funds research on public health preparedness - CIDRAP News - "Seven
universities will share $10.9 million in federal funds to study the
ability of state and local public health systems to respond to
emergencies, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
announced yesterday."

* ►October 7, 2008 -
Group
demands funding for autism - Surrey Now via Canada.com - "Autism
NOW, a national coalition group, has targeted 14 ridings across Canada,
including Newton-North Delta and Fleetwood-Port Kells, using its 'two
per cent solution.' The tactic focuses on constituencies where current
MPs won by two per cent or less in the last election, with the hope of
influencing enough votes to elect supportive candidates."

* ►October 7, 2008 -
Surviving
Autism - Caring for an autistic child doesn't have to tear a family
apart - Staten Island Advance via SILive.com - "'Andrew was developing
normally and then after his 12-month-old shot, he went from smiling and
looking at a camera to a blank stare on his face and not acknowledging
anyone,' Mrs. DeSoye said."

►October 7, 2008 -
Girls
get new cancer jab (includes video) - Bradford Telegraph Argus, UK
- "We held assemblies for the girls and talked about how important it
is to have the vaccination and how it will protect them later in life
from the most common cause of cervical cancer."

* ►October 7, 2008 -
Mother whose son died
from flu urges vaccinations - The Charleston Gazette - "Three years
ago, Diane McGowan's 15-year-old son, Martin, died of complications
from influenza. One afternoon, he was trying out for his high school
baseball team in Nazareth, Pa. A day later, he was dead. 'A $24 flu
shot could have possibly saved his life,' McGowan said Tuesday during a
meeting of the West Virginia Immunization Network."

►October 7, 2008 -
Kristi
Yamaguchi Chairs American Lung Association Christmas Seals Campaign
- press release - American Lung Association via PRNewswire-USNewswire
via COMTEX via MarketWatch - "Kristi is committed to supporting the
American Lung Association in its efforts to promote lung health, not
only through the Christmas Seals Campaign, but also as national
spokesperson for the organization's Faces of Influenza educational
initiative, which teaches families about the dangers of influenza and
the need to be immunized."

►October 7, 2008 - Virus
Spread Slows; Origin Still Unknown - Georgetown University The Hoya
- "Georgetown is also not the only university plagued by the highly
contagious virus this week. As of early this morning, approximately 200
students at the University of Southern California had also contracted
the virus over the past four days."

* ►October 7, 2008 - How
to beat a cold - The sneezing season is already upon us – but a
little inside knowledge can reduce our chances of being laid low.
Professor Ron Eccles explains how to fend off the winter chills - The
Independent, UK - "There may be genetic differences in our immune
systems that make some people more vulnerable. Most viral infections
produce no disease – this is the iceberg concept of infection. They do
not cause symptoms and pass without notice. Or they may cause minor
symptoms such as a throat irritation and a couple of sneezes which are
not recognised as a cold. The "stinking colds" that cause severe
symptoms represent the tip of the iceberg of infection. Genetic
differences in the immune system may explain why the same virus causes
severe symptoms in one person and mild or no symptoms in another."

►October 7, 2008 - Oral
Vitamin D May Help Prevent Some Skin Infections - A study led by
researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of
Medicine suggests that use of oral Vitamin D supplements bolsters
production of a protective chemical normally found in the skin, and may
help prevent skin infections that are a common result of atopic
dermatitis, the most common form of eczema. - University of California
- San Diego via ScienceDaily

* ►October 6, 2008 - Why
is there no vaccine against infectious mononucleosis? - The Boston
Globe - "There are no vaccines against any other herpes viruses - and
one reason is that all herpes viruses can, after an acute infection,
hide in cells for decades. The Epstein-Barr virus not only hides, but
can also trigger a rare kind of cancer, Burkitt's lymphoma. That means
that any vaccine based on live Epstein-Barr virus could theoretically
also carry this cancer risk, said Dr. Mark Pasternack [cq], chief of
pediatric infectious diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Researchers have trying to get around this problem, with mixed results."

►October 6, 2008 - U
of R professor studying genetic mutations - Leader-Post - "While it
is clear that contaminants cause genetic damage such as cancer, little
is known about how exposure by this generation to environmental
pollutants will affect further generations."

►October 6, 2008 - Bipolar
Disorder In Children Appears Likely To Continue Into Young Adulthood
- About 44 percent of individuals who had bipolar disorder as children
continue to have manic episodes as young adults, according to a report
in the October issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the
JAMA/Archives journals. This rate, along with the severity of the
disease at young ages, strongly suggest that bipolar disorder can be
continuous from childhood to adulthood, the authors note. - JAMA and Archives Journals via
ScienceDaily

* ►October 6, 2008 -
In the Supreme Court
of Georgia - Decided: October 6, 2008 S07G1708. AMERICAN HOME
PRODUCTS CORP. et al. v. FERRARI et al. (pdf) - www.gasupreme.us - "Appellees
Marcelo and Carolyn Ferrari, individually and on behalf of their minor
son, brought suit against several vaccine manufacturers, including
Appellants, alleging that their son suffered neurological damage caused
by vaccines made with the preservative thimerosal, which contained the
toxic substance mercury. Appellees’ claims under Georgia law included
strict liability and negligence. They specifically alleged that
Appellants could and should have manufactured children’s vaccines
without thimerosal before Appellees’ son was vaccinated in 1998."

* ►October 6, 2008 -
33
States to Get $62 Million in Zyprexa Case Settlement (requires
registration) - The New York Times - "The agreement may also be a sign
that a much larger deal is near in a separate but related civil and
criminal investigation led by federal prosecutors in Philadelphia. In
that case, Lilly is expected to pay more than $1 billion in fines and
restitution to states and the federal government and may also plead
guilty to a misdemeanor criminal charge related to off-label marketing
of Zyprexa."

* ►October 6, 2008 -
Does
the Flu Vaccine Really Protect Kids? - TIME Magazine - "'We all
recognize that the influenza vaccine is not as effective as the polio
vaccine, or the measles vaccine,' says Schaffner. 'It's not a great
vaccine, but it is quite a good vaccine. We are not going to eliminate
influenza through the use of this vaccine. But we can mitigate its
devastating impact on the population if we get immunized.'"

* ►October 2, 2008 -
Crucell
reports positive results from Phase II rabies study - Biopharma
company Crucell has announced positive preliminary results of the first
Phase II clinical study of its investigational rabies monoclonal
antibody combination, which started on March 31, 2008 in the US. -
Pharmaceutical Business Review

* ►October 2, 2008 - Merck
& Co., Inc. Awards Five Grants to Humanitarian Aid Partners -
Merck - "This program enables Merck to donate critical pharmaceuticals
and vaccines to a limited number of qualified, U.S.-based, private
voluntary organizations (PVOs) for use in their on-going humanitarian
programs in the developing world and in support of major disaster
relief efforts within the United States and abroad. The organizations
receiving the 50th anniversary grants are participants in the MMOP.
Each PVO received $50,000 in grant funding."

* ►October 2008 - Rotavirus
vaccines: viral shedding and risk of transmission - journal article
(The Lancet Infectious Diseases)
- "Immunocompromised contacts should be advised to avoid contact with
stool from the immunised child if possible, particularly after the
first vaccine dose for at least 14 days. Since the risk of vaccine
transmission and subsequent vaccine-derived disease with the current
vaccines is much less than the risk of wildtype rotavirus disease in
immunocompromised contacts, vaccination should be encouraged."

* ►September 12, 2008 -
Stakeholder
Opinions: Vaccine adjuvants - uncertainties rule - Overview of
adjuvants for prophylactic vaccines with detailed profiles and critical
assessment of key products. Discussion of the regulatory environment
with strategic recommendations for adjuvant developers to optimize
chances of market approval. - Datamonitor - "Datamonitor sees
combinations of immunostimulatory adjuvants with efficacious delivery
systems as a promising approach, but hurdles to approval for these
combinations will be higher than for single-component adjuvants. The
future regulatory performance of GSK's AS04 will have a crucial impact
on the prospects of such combination approaches."

* ►Volume 40 Issue 9, 2008
- Vaccination
immunology - journal article (Scandinavian
Journal of Infectious Diseases) - "We are now entering 'the
second golden era of vaccines'. The first gave us many good vaccines,
but some inadequately protective and some with unacceptable
side-effects. Worse, we have no adequate vaccines against some of the
most killing diseases in the world, such as tuberculosis, malaria and
HIV. The development within this second golden era will build on the
rapidly growing knowledge about the genetics of the immune system,
uncovering the problems and possibilities of the variability of genes
for HLA, cytokines and cell-surface receptors. Furthermore, we need to
consider factors such as birth weight, gestational age, short- and
long-term effects of breastfeeding, interference by helmith infestation
and climate."

* ►Volume 40 Issue 6 &
7, 2008 - Acute
neurological events associated with influenza vaccination: Are the WHO
criteria for assessing causality adequate? - journal article (Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases)
- "We identified neurological admissions temporally associated with
influenza vaccine to determine the likelihood of causality using World
Health Organization (WHO) criteria. Although all cases were categorized
as possibly related to the vaccine, most had a compelling alternative
explanation. This observation suggests that the current WHO criteria
may not be sufficient in determining if an adverse event is truly
vaccine related."

* ►October 7, 2008 -
Beijing
has SARS virus in its arsenal: NSB chief - Biochemical Warfare:
Tsai Chao-ming said Taiwan and the UN had information that China has
turned the virus into a bioweapon - Taipei Times - "'We have
information indicating that the SARS virus has become a biochemical
warfare formula, and United Nations experts have the same intelligence
as that obtained by the NSB,' he told the legislature’s Foreign and
National Defense Committee."

* ►October 7, 2008 -
Swift
jabs - Do governors have the right to ban pupil immunisations? -
The Guardian, UK - "St Monica's governors wrote to parents with
daughters aged 12 to 13 saying the vaccine only protects against 70% of
cervical cancers and detailing possible side-effects. But were the
governors legally able to make such a decision?"

* ►October 7, 2008 -
IHC
patient infects worker - An IHC organisation is being prosecuted
after one of its workers suffered acute organ failure and needed a
liver transplant after contracting hepatitis B from a patient. - The
Dominion Post via Stuff.co.nz - "The patient was a known carrier of
hepatitis B. The worker was aware of this, but believed she was immune
because she had been vaccinated in 1999 at the company's expense.
However, she had only one vaccination of the required three to ensure
immunity. The worker claims she was never made aware three vaccinations
were needed."

* ►October 7, 2008 -
Deadly
virus not airborne - Disease transmitted via bodily fluids - The
Times, South Africa - "The deputy director of the National Institute
for Communicable Diseases has assured the public that there is no need
to panic, despite the fact that four people have been killed by an
unknown, highly contagious virus."

►October 7, 2008 -
Disease
strikes again - St Marys Star - "The two main strains of
meningococcal disease are B and C. A vaccine is effective against the C
strain, but there is no Australian vaccine for the B strain."

►October 7, 2008 - USF
joins NIH's landmark National Children's Study - NIH officials
today named 36 new and existing National Children’s Health study
centers that will recruit study volunteers from a total of 72 locations
across the United States. The University of Miami, Miller School
Medicine was awarded $54 million as the Study Center hub for the
National Children’s Study in Florida, a consortium of universities and
their community partners across the state. - press release -
PressZoom.com

* ►October 6, 2008 -
High
court: Atlanta couple can sue over vaccination - Marcelo and
Carolyn Ferrari can take case to court over son’s disabilities
(requires registration) - Atlanta Journal-Constitution - "When the
Ferraris’ 18-month-old son, Stefan, received his vaccines, he was a
healthy verbal boy. Now 10, Stefan has not spoken since, according to
court records. A year after Stefan received his vaccines, the American
Academy of Pediatrics recommended that thimerosal, a preservative used
for multi-dose vaccine vials, be removed from childhood vaccines. The
Ferraris filed suit, contending that the manufacturers should have made
vaccines without the preservative before Stefan was vaccinated.

* ►October 6, 2008 -
Court: Couple
can sue vaccine company - AP via WTVM.com - "An Atlanta couple's
lawsuit that claims a vaccine manufacturer's product caused
neurological damage to their son can go forward. The Georgia Supreme
Court's unanimous decision Monday concluded that a 1986 federal law
that has blocked other complaints against vaccine companies does not
bar the lawsuit from Marcelo and Carolyn Ferrari from going to trial.
The decision upheld a ruling by the Georgia Court of Appeals, which
became the first appellate court in the nation to hold that the
National Childhood Vaccine Injury Compensation Act does not pre-empt
state law."

►October 6, 2008 -
Autism
Insurance Efforts Will Continue Next Year - West Virginia MetroNews
- "Parents of autistic children in West Virginia will have more
ammunition when they lobby the legislature next year for autism
insurance. Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell signed a similar bill into
law in July."

* ►October 6, 2008 -
Parental
doubts over childhood vaccines common - Reuters Health - "Roughly
one in four parents express doubts about the risks and benefits of
various vaccines for their children and, in many cases, they delay or
forgo vaccination, new research shows. However, the findings also
suggest that physicians can play an important role in encouraging
vaccination."

* ►October 6, 2008 -
Mass
vaccinations pose logistical problems - Los Angeles Times via
Modesto Bee - "'We think the best place for kids to get vaccinations is
with the primary care provider,' says Dr. Jonathan Fielding, director
of Los Angeles County's Department of Public Health. 'This should not
require specialized care.' The CDC, however, wants to make vaccination
more accessible, and suggests that flu vaccination continue through the
holidays instead of the typical October-through-November schedule."

* ►October 6, 2008 -
Void in
Vaccines? - www.kolotv.com -
"Local pediatrician Dr. Pat Coletti says a decision by state health
officials to cut funding for vaccines to insured children has left him
in a real dilemma. His office he says can't afford the $90,000 to
$100,000 lay out for all he vaccines needed for patients. He may not
financially be able to cover such a cost."

* ►October 6, 2008 -
New vaccines may not
reduce tuberculosis incidence - Despite the potential of new
vaccines to prevent TB, new research shows that the removal of one
strain of TB can allow a previously suppressed strain to succeed.
Consequently, a vaccination program could result in the proliferation
of strains more likely to be, or become, drug resistant, and could even
result in an increased prevalence of the disease. - News-Medical.net

* ►October 6, 2008 -
Campaign
Promotes Childhood Vaccinations - Telluride Watch - "'People have
lost faith,' says Telluride’s David Homer, M.D., a member of the
advisory committee for the San Juan Health Council. 'They’ve lost faith
in the pharmaceutical companies, in the government-funded research
labs, and in the FDA… When it comes to vaccinating children, it’s ‘my
way or the highway,’ and that raises people’s hackles.' Colorado is one
of about 20 states that allow parents to opt out of vaccinating their
children based on philosophical reasons."

* ►October 6, 2008 -
The
Trouble with Single-Dose Vaccines - Some Concerned Parents Split
the MMR -- But It Can Lead to Unintended Double Doses - The Daily Green
- "Here's the response I got from Nalini Saligram Merck's Director,
Global Communications re whether or not they're discontinuing the
single dose shots, thereby making it impossible for parents who want to
split up the vaccines:...We also make very limited quantities of the
monovalent vaccines available in the US.' As for the current rubella
backlog, she says, 'Because quantities are limited, there may be supply
interruptions / unavailability of individual products from time to
time. We do provide M-M-R II vaccine to meet the needs for vaccination
against measles, mumps and rubella.' This doesn't speak to exactly how
limited the quantities are, or if they're more limited than they used
to be. But apparently they have not been discontinued for now."

* ►October 6, 2008 -
How
effective is that vaccine? - Pneumonia kills 1.6 million people
every year, of which over half are children less than five years old. -
Deccan Herald - "However, the paper states that the vaccine covers 80
per cent of the strains occurring in the US, but covers less than 50
per cent of the strains in India and other developing nations. PCV 7
can cause asthma. Data from clinical trials in Colombia, Chile, Gambia,
Brazil, South Africa, Bangladesh, Indonesia and the Philippines show
that for every 3.6 cases of pneumonia which are prevented, 1.3 children
will get asthma. Asthma is a lifelong condition unlike pneumonia."

* ►October 6, 2008 -
Disabled
man 'treated as animal' - A wheelchair user has claimed police
treated him "worse than an animal" as he was arrested outside an
officer's home, magistrates have been told. - BBC - "The court heard Mr
James has hydrocephalus - water on the brain - due to smallpox vaccine
damage he suffered when around six months old. His carer on the day,
Simon Hatch, told the court he was 'disgusted' the way Mr James was
treated before his arrest."

* ►October 6, 2008 - Surgeon
changes study of brain tumors - San Francisco Chronicle - "Medical
researchers have long known that CMV exists in a latent state for most
people unless a person's immune system is compromised. While it's a
common and unremarkable virus in some ways, CMV also causes persistent
infection and is known to carry cancer-causing properties. It's also
the most common cause of congenital brain infections in humans,
according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention."

►October 6, 2008 -
All-College
Honors Welcomes Distinguished Speaker - Canisius College - "The
Canisius College All-College Honors Program and the Organization of
American Historians Distinguished Lectureship Program will present
Professor Michael Willrich on Tuesday, October 21, 2008 at 7:30 p.m. in
Lyons Hall, Room 313. The lecture, entitled 'Scars of Citizenship:
Smallpox and American Life at the Turn of the Century,' is free and
open to the public."

* ►October 6, 2008 -
Report
criticizes agency on post-storm trailers - Reuters - "The report
noted 'a concerted and continuing effort by the agency's leadership to
both mask their own involvement in the formaldehyde study, and to push
the blame for their fumbling of this critical public health issue down
the line to others.'"

►October 6, 2008 -
Update:
Tennessee Rabies Laws - You can join a group of Tennessee dog
owners who are asking the state to consistently enforce the 3-year
rabies immunization requirement set forth in Tennessee law Title 68
Chapter 8. - PetWork.com

►October 6, 2008 -
Update:
Cheyenne, Wyoming Rabies Laws - Cheyenne's Public Services
Committee is scheduled to meet on October 13th to make a recommendation
to the City Council on the proposed adoption of a 3-year rabies
protocol. - PetWork.com

* ►October 6, 2008 -
Urgent
call to farmers on cattle vaccination - Journal Live, UK - "Malcolm
Corbett, North East livestock representative for the National Farmers’
Union, said rumours that the vaccine could create fertility issues for
animals were wide of the mark. He said: “We can definitely say that any
rumours of health issues with the vaccine are just nonsense. We have
had ample evidence from scientists that the vaccine is perfectly safe."

* ►October 5, 2008 -
Partnerships
touted for work with vaccines - Del.'s biotechnology industry
showcased at conference - The News Journal via Delawareonline.com - "As
researchers turn to plants, insects, stem cells and other building
blocks to produce new vaccines, partnerships will be critical in
pushing the technologies to market."

* ►October 5, 2008 -
Measles
epidemic warning after MMR vaccine uptake fall - Up to 100,000
children could be affected by the "very real" risk of a measles
epidemic that could kill because more than 1 million children are not
protected against the disease. - The Telegraph, UK - "For the first
time in 15 years, there has been sustained transmission of measles for
more than 12 months indicating that immunisation is no longer
controlling the spread of the disease, Dr Mary Ramsay, consultant in
immunisation at the Health Protection Agency, said."

* ►October 5, 2008 - Anti-U.S.
views fuel polio growth in Pakistan - San Francisco Chronicle -
"Due to the security situation in these areas there is a lot of
resentment against America," said Kahn. "The perception that this
vaccine is a U.S. product holds strong in these areas, leading to
refusals" to accept vaccinations. Khan also noted that Fazlullah's
sermons have stressed that those who become crippled or die from polio
are martyrs. The vaccine is considered haram, or that which is
forbidden for Muslims."

►October 4, 2008 - Novartis
Knock Down Day - Novartis Knock Down Day is a call for actions
against Novartis on Monday, October 27th for being one of Huntingdon
Life Sciences’ (HLS’s) largest customers. - Arkansas IMC

* ►October 3, 2008 - Current
vaccine R&D pipeline: is influenza being overdone? - VacZine
Analytics via PharmiWeb - "The current vaccine pipeline now consists of
around 115 projects with an approximate 15-20% increase in number since
April 2008 (1). The increase in the pipeline size is mainly due to the
entry into the clinic of new programs (Phase I) targeting influenza and
global initiatives such as TB. Excluding programs associated with
biodefense, line-extensions/reformulations and pandemic flu, GSK
Biologicals still maintains the largest vaccine pipeline in the
industry closely followed by rival Sanofi Pasteur which gained
ACAM-FLU-Aand ACAM-C-DIFF programs from its completed acquisition of
Acambis."

* ►October 2, 2008 -
Pakistan`s
anti-polio campaign eats up funds, not virus - IANS via Zee News -
"The health experts are of the opinion that the polio campaign in
Pakistan has eaten up a major portion of the funds and attention meant
for overall immunisation of newborns, which has resulted in the spread
of other diseases. 'Continous support to polio rather than routine
immunization has resulted in spread of deadly diseases in certain
areas,' said Hassan. The health experts estimate that an average child
born between 1994 and 2003 has received the oral polio drops 30 times.
Doctors say it should be given only twice or thrice."

* ►October 2, 2008 -
Knowledge
is money for Children's - Entrepreneurs eager to help market
hospital's research - Cincinnati Enquirer - "Last year, licensing
revenue at Children's nearly tripled to $17.4 million, fueled by a
payment from its licensing of the vaccine to treat rotavirus, the
infection that is a leading cause of diarrhea in young children.
Children's said the payment probably won't be repeated this year."

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